Oil-and-fat-soluble acridinium salts



Patented Au is, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS BENDA, OF MAINKUB, NEAR FRANKFO'RT-ON-THE-MAIN, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TO LEOPOLD CASSELLA & CO. GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRKNKTER HAFTUING, A

CORPORATION OF GERMANY.

OIL-AND-FAT-SOLUBLE ACRIDINIUM SALTS.

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insoluble in oils and fats,'which for many purposes in dermatology renders them difiicult to apply, Also for subcutaneous and intraperitoneal application the known acridinium salts cannot be recommended, .ow-

mg to the irritation caused by the aqueous solutions of these salts.

It has now been'found that these Watersoluble, mineral-acid salts, by interaction .with salts of such fatty acids which are contained in the natural fats, produce the respectivefatty acid acridinium salts and that the latter, whilst being soluble in oils, are insoluble in waterand do not show any of the drawbacks peculiar to the abovementio"ned inineral-acid salts.-

i Examplezfil5 kilos sodium salt of stearic acid are dissolved in 500 liters hot water. When cooled downio C'., a solution of 9 kilos 3.6-diamifno-1'0-meth lacridiniumchloridejin 225 liters is gra ually added whilst stirring, stirring being continued for another hour.

Theorange-coloured precipitate is then.

filtered, washed well with cold water and dried on the water-bath, whereby the .ele-

' vated 'f temperature will cause same to assume a pasty character.

I'n'its dry state thenew compound, at nor mal'temperature, forms an orange-coloured Application filed July 14, 1921. Serial No. 484,784.

powder which, in contradistinction to the original material, is insoluble in water, but yields a clear solution in oils. Instead of 3.6-diamino-10-methylacridiniumchloride other salts of acridinium with mineral acids may be used; the sodium stearate may be substituted by other salts of fatty acids. The products thus obtained possess similar properties.

. Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare, that what I claim isz.

1. As new substances the products obtained by interaction of mineral acid salts of a 3.6-diamino-10-alkylacridinium com-* pound with salts of such fatty acids which are contained in the natural fats,the substances bein colored pow ers, insoluble in water but solublefin fatty oils and alcohol.

2. As new substances the products obin the dry state orange-red tained by interaction of mineral acid salts of a. 3.6-diamino-IO-alkylacridinium compound with salts of stearic acid; the substances bein in the dry state orange-red colored pow ers, insoluble in water but sol uble in fatty oils and alcohol.

3'. As new e:nbstances the products obtained by int action'of mineral acid salts of 2.7-dimethyl-3.6-diamino-10-alkylacridinium compounds with salts of stearic acid, 7

the substances being in the dry state orangeredcolored powders, insoluble in water but soluble in fatty oils and alcohol.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name this 16th day of June 1921.

a DB. LOUIS BENDAF 

